Theories of International Relations (I-202) -Fall 2007, GSIS, Sogang UniversityInstructor: Jihwan Hwang (email: [email protected].

kr, mobile: 010-6580-2714) Classroom: TBA Class Hours: Thursdays 2-5pm Office Hours are available on prior appointment. Course Description This course will explore diverse theories of international relations. It will cover from the basic concepts of international relations to the recent developments in IR theories. Students are expected not only to understand several models of international relations but also to think over their explanatory power. In this course, students are supposed to think critically and analytically and try to apply theories of IR to the real cases of world politics. Students will submit a research paper at the end of the semester in which one or several cases of his/her own choice are explained by a couple of IR theories that we study in the course. Readings 1. A course packet will be given at the first week of the course, which includes selected articles from 1) Robert J. Art and Robert Jervis, International Politics: Enduring Concepts and Contemporary Issues, New York: Longman, 2003~2007. (IP), 2) Richard K. Betts, ed., Conflict After the Cold War, 2nd edition, New York: Longman, 2002 (CW) and 3) others. 2. The reading items with an asterisk * are required ones for the week. 3. During the class, students will watch several video clips in which many famous IR theorists talk about their own thinking on IR theories and world politics. <http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/PubEd/research/IRtheory.html>. * I need a volunteer to compile the readings into a course packet. Course Requirements and Grading The course grade will be based on the following four requirements 1) Class participation and presentation (20% of course grade): Students are evaluated in terms of their participation in class discussion. Students are expected to complete a weeks reading assignment before coming to class

and participate actively in seminar discussion. Students are also required to give at least one class presentation on the assigned readings. The length of the presentation should not exceed half an hour. Other students are also expected to bring questions and ideas about the readings into class. 2) Critical Review (30% of course grade). Each student is expected to submit one-page critical review on the weeks reading. It should include a short and integrative summary of the reading and his/her own ideas and questions for the discussion. This review should be emailed to the instructor and all students in advance by Thursday 9 a.m. 3) Conference review report (10%): Students are expected to participate in the KAIS international conference, Theorizing East Asian International Relations, which will be held on Oct. 26-27. All students should submit a 3-5 page conference review report that evaluates the theoretical development of East Asian international relations. 4) Research project (40% of course grade). Each student should complete a research project for the final paper. The research paper is expected to analyze one case of international relations based on one or several theories of international relations that we study. The length of the research paper is expected to be around 15-20 pages (double spaced). Your research paper at a minimum should contain a general understanding of the theory and the topic, a review of the relevant literature, an analysis of the topic in terms of the theory, and a conclusion. Students should submit their papers by the last day of the class for final discussion. Late papers will be penalized. Class Schedule Week 1 (August 30) Introduction and Overview Week 2 (September 6) What is Theory of International Relations? * Stephen Van Evera, 1997. Guide to Methods for Students of Political Science, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, pp. 17-21. * Stephen Walt, International Relations: One World, Many Theories, Foreign Policy No. 110, (Spring 1998), pp. 29-46. * Ernst B. Haas, "Science and Progress in International Relations," Conversations with History, Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley. (CP) <http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/PubEd/research/IRtheory.html>. - , , , ,

Week 3 (September 13) (Classical) Realism * Thucydides, The Melian Dialogue, excerpt from The History of the Peloponnesian War, in Richard K. Betts, ed., Conflict After the Cold War, 2nd edition (New York: Longman, 2002), pp. 55-59. (CW) * Niccolo Machiavelli, Doing Evil in Order to Do Good, excerpt from The Prince, in Betts, pp. 60-64. (CW) * Thomas Hobbes, The State of Nature and the State of War, excerpt from Leviathan, in Betts, pp. 65-68. (CW) * E. H. Carr, Realism and Idealism, excerpt from The Twenty Years' Crisis, 19191939, in Betts, pp. 69-85. (CW) * Hans Morgenthau, The Moral Blindness of Scientific Man, pp. 7-16 (IP) * John Hulsman, Ethical Realism and U.S. Foreign Policy," Conversations with History - Hans Morgenthau, A Realist Theory of International Politics, in Hans Morgenthau, Politics Among Nations, pp. 3-17. - Tim Dunne and Brian C. Schmidt, Realism, in John Baylis and Steve Smith, eds., The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations, 2nd or 3rd edition (Oxford: Oxford University Press). - Week 4 (September 20) Liberalism * Immanuel Kant, Perpetual Peace, in Betts, pp. 121-27. (CW) * Michael W. Doyle, Kant, Liberal Legacies, and Foreign Affairs, pp. 95-107 (IP) * Michael W. Doyle, Liberalism and World Politics, in Betts, pp. 291-300. (CW) * Ronald Steel, "The Wilsonian Agenda of U.S. Foreign Policy," Conversations with History - Hedley Bull, Society and Anarchy in International Relations, in Betts, pp. 128-38. (CW) - John Mueller, The Obsolescence of Major War, in Betts, pp. 146-155. (CW) - Tim Dunne, Liberalism, in Baylis and Smith. Week 5 (September 27) Neorealism / Structural Realism * Kenneth N. Waltz, The Anarchic Structure of World Politics, pp. 47-67. (IP) * Joseph M. Grieco, Anarchy and the Limits of Cooperation, pp. 68-72. (IP) * Stephen M. Walt, Alliances: Balancing and Bandwagoning, pp. 108-115. (IP) * Kenneth Waltz, "Theory and International Politics" Conversations with History,

- Kenneth N. Waltz, Structural Realism After the Cold War, International Security 25:1 (Summer 2000), pp. 5-41. - Steven L. Lamy, Contemporary mainstream approaches: neo-realism and neoliberalism, in Baylis and Smith. - David Baldwin, Neoliberalism, Neorealism, and World Politics, in David Baldwin, ed. Neorealism and Neoliberalism: The Contemporary Debate, New York: Columbia University Press, pp. 3-25. Week 6 (October 4) Neoliberalism / Neo-liberal Institutionalism * Robert Keohane, A Functional Theory of Regime, pp. 131-37. (IP). * Kenneth A. Oye, The Conditions for Cooperation in World Politics, pp. 81-95. (IP) * Robert Keohane and Joseph Nye, Complex Interdependence and the Role of Force, pp. 231-246.(IP) * Robert O. Keohane, "Theory and International Institutions," Conversations with History. - Robert Keohane and Joseph Nye, Power and Interdependence, in Betts, pp. 13945. - Steven L. Lamy, Contemporary mainstream approaches: neo-realism and neoliberalism, in Baylis and Smith. Week 7 (October 11) Recent Developments in Realism * Robert Jervis, Offense, Defense, and the Security Dilemma, pp. 180-199. (IP). * John J. Mearsheimer, 2001. The Tragedy of Great Power Politics, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, pp. 1-28. * John Mearsheimer, "Through the Realist Lens," Conversations with History, - Jeffrey W. Taliaferro, 2000/01, "Security Seeking under Anarchy: Defensive Realism Revisited," International Security 25 (3). 128-161. - Gideon Rose, 1998. "Neoclassical Realism and Theories of Foreign Policy," World Politics, 51 (1). Week 8 (October 18) Recent Developments in Liberalism Democratic Peace * Immanuel Kant, Perpetual Peace, pp. 121-27. (CW) * Bruce Russett, Grasping the Democratic Peace: Principles for a Post-Cold War World, Ch. 1, The Fact of Democratic Peace, pp. 3-23. * Edward Mansfield and Jack Snyder, Democratization and War, pp. 318-30. (CW)

- , - Michael W. Doyle, Liberalism and World Politics, in Betts, pp. 291-300. - Bruce Russett, and John Oneal, Triangulating Peace: Democracy, Interdependence and International Organizations, (New York: W.W. Norton, 2001). Global Governance * Kenneth N. Waltz, Globalization and Governance, pp. 354-365. * Nayan Chanda, "How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped Globalization," Conversations with History, - Joseph S. Nye and John D. Donahue, 2000. Governance in a Globalizing World, Washington, D.C.: Brookings Publications. pp. 1-38. - Michael Barnett and Raymond Duvall, 2005. Power in Global Governance, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. - , . , : , 2007. Week 9 (October 25) Theorizing East Asian International Relations Note: No Class on October 25. - Students are expected to attend the KAIS(Korean Association for International Studies) international conference on October 26-27, Theorizing East Asian International Relations, and submit the review report on the conference based on our class. Week 10 (November 1) Constructivism * Michael Barnett, Social Constructivism, in Baylis and Smith. * Alexander Wendt, "Anarchy is What States Make of It pp. 73-80 (IP). - Alexander Wendt, Social Theory of International Politics, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999). - Peter J. Katzenstein, ed., The Culture of National Security: Norms and Identity in World Politics (Columbia University Press, 1996). - , Week 11 (November 8) Power Transition and Rationalist Theory Power Transition Theory * Robert Gilpin, Hegemonic War and International Change, pp. 86-103. (CW) * Jacek Kugler and Douglas Lemke, The Power Transition Research Program, in Manus I. Midlarsky, ed., Handbook of War Studies II, Ann Arbor: The University of

Michigan Press, pp. 129-63. - , Rationalist Theory * James D. Morrow, The Ongoing Game-Theoretical Revolution, in Midlarsky, pp. 164-192. - Thomas Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict - , Week 12 (November 15) Alternative Theories of International Relations * Marxist Theory: Stephen Hobden and Richard Wyn Jones, "Marxist Theories of International Relations," in Baylis and Smith. * Steve Smith and Patricia Owens, Alternative approaches to international theory, in Baylis and Smith. <http://www.oup.com/uk/orc/bin/9780199271184/ch12.pdf> - English School: Richard Little, The English Schools Contribution to the Study of International Relations, European Journal of International Relations 6 (3). 2000, pp. 395-422. - , ' ' - , Week 13 (November 22) Theory of Foreign Policy * Watching Movie, 13 Days * Ole R. Holsti, Models of International Relations and Foreign Policy, Diplomatic History 13 (1), 1989, p. 15-43. - Graham Allison, Essence of Decision. - , Week 14 (November 29) Theory of International Political Economy * Robert Gilpin, The Nature of Political Economy, pp. 281-97. (IP) * Robert Keohane, Hegemony in the World Political Economy, pp. 298-310. (IP) * Clyde Prestowitz, "The Changing Balance of International Economic Power," Conversations with History. Week 15 (December 6) The Future of World Politics and IR Theory * Samuel Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations?, pp. 411-25. (IP). * William C. Wohlforth, The Stability of a Unipolar World, pp. 469-476, (IP).

* John Ikenberry, The Stability of Post-Cold War Order, pp. 477-483. (IP). * Margaret Keck and Kathryn Sikkink, Transnational Activist Networks, pp. 557563. * John Arquilla, "International Relations in the Information Age," Conversations with History. Week 16 (December 13) Final Discussion: Research Paper Presentation